Handbook of Thanatology : The essential body of knowledge for the study of death, dying, and Bereavement

by Balk, David E.; Wogrin, Carol; Thornton, Gordon; Meagher, David

• ISBN13: 9780415989459
• ISBN10: 0415989450
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-04
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

In the Handbook of Thanatology, The Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) has compiled the most authoritative volume in the field, which provides for the first time a single source of up-to-date scholarship, research, and practice implications. The Handbook is organized into seven parts, the first six of which correspondto the key areas of knowledge and training in this field: Dying; End-of-Life Decision Making; Loss, Grief and Mourning; Assessment and Intervention; Traumatic Death; Death Education. Within each of these six parts, a series of chapters explore central themes and issues: Culture/Socialization; Religion/Spirituality; Historical/Contemporary Perspectives; Life Span; Family/Systems; Ethical/Legal Issues. The remaining two chapters of the final section - Part 7 - examine Professional Issues and Resources in Thanatology.

Table of Contents

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Dying	p. 1
Culture, Socialization, and Dying	p. 3
Religion, Spirituality, and Dying	p. 11
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Dying	p. 19
Life Span Issues and Dying	p. 27
The Family, Larger Systems, and Dying	p. 35
Ethical and Legal Issues and Dying	p. 45
End-of-Life Decision Making	p. 53
Culture, Socialization, and End-of-Life Decision Making	p. 55
Religion, Spirituality, and End-of-Life Decision Making	p. 65
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on End-of-Life Decision Making	p. 75
Life Span Issues and End-of-Life Decision Making	p. 83
The Family, Larger Systems, and End-of-Life Decision Making	p. 93
Ethical and Legal Issues and End-of-Life Decision Making	p. 103
Loss, Grief, and Mourning	p. 113
Culture, Socialization, and Loss, Grief, and Mourning	p. 115
Religion and Spirituality in Loss, Grief, and Mourning	p. 121
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Loss, Grief, and Mourning	p. 131
Life Span Issues and Loss, Grief, and Mourning Part 1: The Importance of a Developmental Context: Childhood and Adolescence as an Example	p. 143
Part 2 Adulthood	p. 151
The Family, Larger Systems, and Loss, Grief, and Mourning	p. 165
Ethical and Legal Issues and Loss, Grief, and Mourning	p. 173
Assessment and Intervention	p. 187
Culture and Socialization in Assessment and Intervention	p. 189
Religion, Spirituality, and Assessment and Intervention	p. 203
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Assessment and Intervention	p. 213
Life Span Issues and Assessment and Intervention	p. 227
Assessment and Intervention in the Family and Larger Systems	p. 235
Ethical and Legal Issues in Assessment and Intervention	p. 245
Traumatic Death	p. 253
Culture, Socialization, and Traumatic Death	p. 255
Religion, Spirituality, and Traumatic Death	p. 263
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Traumatic Death	p. 269
Life Span Issues and Traumatic Death	p. 277
The Family, Larger Systems, and Traumatic Death	p. 283
Ethical and Legal Issues in Traumatic Death	p. 291
Death Education	p. 301
Culture, Socialization, and Death Education	p. 303
Religion, Spirituality, and Death Education	p. 315
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Death Education	p. 329
Life Span Issues and Death Education	p. 337
The Family, Larger Systems, and Death Education	p. 345
Ethical and Legal Issues and Death Education	p. 355
Two Overarching Indicators within Fundamental Knowledge of Thanatology	p. 369
Professional Issues and Thanatology	p. 371
Resources in Thanatology	p. 387
References	p. 401
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